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Explores the links between Asian governments' development strategies and the nature and dynamics of inter-group violence. The overview chapters comprehensively assess the development doctrines, patterns of development, and levels and nature of violence in all Asian subregions, while case-study contributions focusing on eight countries explore the often surprising impacts of development initiatives on reducing or increasing inter-group conflict and violence ranging from West Asia to Southeast Asia. The variations in strategies and their impacts on multiple risks of violence can guide policymakers, development professionals, and activists committed to conflict-sensitive development.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Contributors -- 1 BASIC CONCEPTS OF DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT -- 1.1 Development Theory: Introductory Concepts, Criteria, and Measurements -- 1.2 Natural Resources and Environmental Services -- 1.3 Epistemology of the Field -- 2 SUSTAINABILITY -- 2.1 Basic Sustainability Concepts -- 2.2 Measurements of Sustainability -- 2.3 Philosophical Approaches and Social Movements -- 2.4 Sustainable Development Outlooks and Models -- 2.5 Sustainable Development Strategy and Agenda Statements -- 2.6 Sustainable Society: Challenges, Institutions, and Mechanisms -- 3 MAIN FACTORS BEHIND DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE -- 3.1 Population, Poverty, and Underdevelopment -- 3.2 Affluence and Consumption -- 3.3 Technology -- 3.4 Political Economy -- 3.5 Worldviews and Social Traps -- 4 INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT -- 4.1 Globalization -- 4.2 Capital Shortages and Foreign Debt -- 4.3 International Trade -- 4.4 Regional Economic Cooperation and Integration -- 4.5 Security and Sustainable Development -- 5 DECISION MAKING -- 5.1 Analytical Tools for Environmental Decisionmaking -- 5.2 Environmental Policy Instruments and Principles -- 5.3 Business Sector Responses to Environmental Problems -- 5.4 Population and Consumption Responses -- 5.5 International Environmental Management -- 6 MAJOR PROBLEMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND DEVELOPMENT -- 6.1 Agricultural Decline and Pollution -- 6.2 Air Pollution -- 6.3 Biodiversity Loss and Conservation Efforts -- 6.4 Climate Change -- 6.5 Deforestation and Forestry -- 6.6 Desertification -- 6.7 Energy Shortages and Pollution -- 6.8 Fresh Water Scarcity and Pollution -- 6.9 Global Environmental Change -- 6.10 Hazardous Wastes -- 6.11 Natural and Humanmade Disasters -- 6.12 Ocean's Resource Use and Degradation -- 6.13 Space and the Electromagnetic Spectrum -- 6.14 Ozone Depletion -- 6.15 Transportation Energy Consumption and Pollution -- References -- Index

Introduction -- Evolution of Economic Development Theories and Doctrines -- Economic Policy Practice -- Evolution of Governance and Development Administration Theory -- Evolution of Governance and Development Administration Practice -- Evolving Roles of Non-Governmental Organizations -- The Evolution of Foreign Assistance Theories and Doctrines -- International Development in the American Grain : From Point Four to the Present -- Evolving Roles of the Military -- Complementarity of Security and Development Doctrines : Historical Cases and Aftermaths -- Conclusion : Linkages and Challenges

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